IS attack on Syria army bus kills 23 soldiers, injures over 10
1 year, 4 months ago

IS attack on Syria army bus kills 23 soldiers, injures over 10

Firstpost  

At least 23 soldiers have been killed in Syria’s war-torn east, a monitor said on Friday, the deadliest in a new wave of attacks blamed on Islamic State group jihadists At least 23 soldiers have been killed in Syria’s war-torn east, a monitor said on Friday, the deadliest in a new wave of attacks blamed on Islamic State group jihadists. IS “members targeted a military bus” in Deir Ezzor province on Thursday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as remnants of the jihadist group escalate their attacks. The latest attack killed “23 soldiers and wounded more than 10 others”, some of whom in critical condition, said the Britain-based group which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria. And last month, IS claimed responsibility for a rare bombing in Damascus that killed at least six people near the capital’s Sayyida Zeinab mausoleum, Syria’s most visited Shiite pilgrimage site.

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US strike kills ISIS group leader in Syria
4 days, 16 hours ago

US strike kills ISIS group leader in Syria

Daily Mail  

A US strike has killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria. The US strike took place on Thursday in Deir Ezzor province in eastern Syria, killing IS leader 'Abu Yusif' and another operative, the US Central Command said on social media, without providing further details on the two jihadists. American forces killed an Islamic State group leader and another …

Now that Syria is free of its dictator, the rebels’ biggest challenge is to learn how to govern
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Now that Syria is free of its dictator, the rebels’ biggest challenge is to learn how to govern

CNN  

CNN — The sound of celebratory gunfire filled the streets of Damascus in the hours following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “We spoke to the prime minister and the direction was that work should continue, we are adamant that normal life returns … we have heard that a transitional government will be formed but we don’t know when,” …

Bashar al-Assad launches deadly counter-offensive as Putin launches deadly air strikes after Syrian rebels 'seize Aleppo'
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bashar al-Assad launches deadly counter-offensive as Putin launches deadly air strikes after Syrian rebels 'seize Aleppo'

Daily Mail  

The Syrian army has rushed in reinforcements to strike Idlib in an attempt to halt the advance of rebels who have retaken Aleppo from murderous dictator Bashar al-Assad over the weekend. Smoke billows after airstrikes in Idlib, northern Syria, 01 December 2024 A view of a vehicle on fire in the aftermath of what the White Helmets say is a …

Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran’s top diplomat meets Assad
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syria launches counterattacks in an attempt to halt insurgency, as Iran’s top diplomat meets Assad

LA Times  

The bodies of Syrian army soldiers and allied fighters lie next to a Syrian army vehicle in Aleppo, Syria, early Saturday. The Syrian military rushed reinforcements to the northwest and launched airstrikes Sunday in an attempt to push back insurgents who seized the country’s largest city, Aleppo, as Iran pledged to help the government counter the surprise offensive. On Sunday, …

Death toll in Syrian insurgency rises to 200 as jihadist fighters cut off key roads between Damascus & Aleppo
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Death toll in Syrian insurgency rises to 200 as jihadist fighters cut off key roads between Damascus & Aleppo

Firstpost  

Syria was taken by surprise after members of a jihadist group stormed across the country and launched a surprise attack against Bashar al-Assad. The death toll in the clashes between insurgents and Syrian forces reached the 200-mark Smoke billows as opposition and government forces clash on the outskirts of the city of Saraqib, Aleppo province, just off the highway between …

Rebel groups launch attacks on Syria’s Aleppo city
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Rebel groups launch attacks on Syria’s Aleppo city

Al Jazeera  

Syria’s army says its forces ‘continue to repel the major offensive launched by armed terrorist groups’ on Aleppo city. At least four people have been killed as rebel groups launched attacks on Aleppo for the first time in years, Syrian state media reported, as the rebel forces ramped up their assault on government-held positions in the country’s northwest. “Our forces …

Dozens killed as armed groups attack Syrian military in northern Aleppo
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Dozens killed as armed groups attack Syrian military in northern Aleppo

Al Jazeera  

Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham fighters are reported to have captured Syrian army weapons depots and taken armoured vehicles during attacks. Dozens of Syrian army soldiers and rebel fighters have been killed in northern Aleppo province where the Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham armed group and allied forces have overrun at least 10 areas under the control of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military, according …

Lebanon news: 29 killed in Israel’s airstrikes on Beirut, dozens more dead in others areas
Top News
1 month ago

Lebanon news: 29 killed in Israel’s airstrikes on Beirut, dozens more dead in others areas

Live Mint  

Lebanon news: Israel has killed 29 in Beirut and at least dozens more in a series of airstrikes across Lebanon, in what the military claims are attacks on Hezbollah centres situated in civilian areas, ANI reported. Besides the capital city, Israel also struck Shmistar in the Baalbek-Hermel region in eastern Lebanon, killing at least 13 people, including four children, and …

At least 29 killed in Israeli attack in central Beirut
1 month ago

At least 29 killed in Israeli attack in central Beirut

Al Jazeera  

At least 20 people have been killed in the attack on the Basta neighbourhood, according to the Health Ministry. An Israeli air strike has killed 29 people in central Beirut and 13 others in attacks in eastern Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Public Health, as Israel presses its offensive against the Lebanese group Hezbollah. At least 29 people were …

At least 36 killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Palmyra: State media
1 month ago

At least 36 killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Palmyra: State media

Al Jazeera  

At least 36 people have been killed and 50 wounded in an Israeli attack that hit residential buildings in the Syrian city of Palmyra, Syrian state media report. But since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, it has ramped up its strikes in Syria as hostilities with the Iran-aligned Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have intensified. Lebanon ceasefire …

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital
1 month, 1 week ago

Middle East latest: Israel strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital

Associated Press  

Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Lebanon’s capital late Monday evening, slamming into an area near the Parliament, several embassies and the U.N. headquarters, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. He said Israel will continue allowing trucks into Gaza but the U.N. and international organizations must step up aid distribution, and “the focus must also shift …

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers, 15 people in Syria
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers, 15 people in Syria

New Indian Express  

BEIRUT: An Israeli airstrike killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers on Thursday inside a civil defense centre in the eastern city of Baalbek, according to health and rescue officials, hours after state media in Syria said Israeli strikes in and around the capital killed at least 15 people. The Health Ministry condemned what it called a “barbaric attack on …

Israeli airstrikes target Damascus' Mezzeh and Qudsaya, 15 killed
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli airstrikes target Damascus' Mezzeh and Qudsaya, 15 killed

Firstpost  

Syria’s defence ministry on Thursday said twin Israeli air strikes killed 15 people in the upscale Mazzeh district of Damascus and in the outskirts of the capital A woman reacts as she checks the damage following a reported Israeli strike in the Mazzeh district of Damascus on Thursday. AFP Syria’s defence ministry on Thursday said twin Israeli air strikes killed …

Syria: Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, state media say
1 month, 1 week ago

Syria: Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, state media say

CNN  

CNN — Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital. The strikes targeted several residential buildings in the upscale Mezzah neighborhood in the capital and the Qudsaya area in the Damascus …

At least 15 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Damascus
1 month, 1 week ago

At least 15 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Damascus

Al Jazeera  

Israel has ramped up attacks on Iran-linked targets in Syria since it began its war on Gaza last year. The Israeli military said it carried out air strikes targeting several buildings and command centres belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed group. An official with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Group told The Associated Press news agency the strike in Mazzeh …

Six Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon as Beirut hit by second day of air strikes
1 month, 1 week ago

Six Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon as Beirut hit by second day of air strikes

ABC  

At least eight Lebanese citizens have died in air strikes and six Israeli soldiers killed in combat after another day of fighting on Wednesday in Lebanon, as Israel continues its offensive against Hezbollah. The Israeli military said its air force had destroyed nine Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and command centres in strikes in the Beirut area, and that Hezbollah fired …

Syria: Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, state media say
1 month, 1 week ago

Syria: Fifteen killed in Israeli strikes on Damascus, state media say

CNN  

CNN — Fifteen people were killed and 16 others injured in Israeli strikes on Damascus in Syria, state media SANA said, citing a military source and marking one of the deadliest strikes in months to hit the Syrian capital. The strikes targeted several residential buildings in the upscale Mezzah neighborhood in the capital and the Qudsaya area in the Damascus …

15 killed, 16 injured in twin Israeli airstrikes on Syria's capital and suburb
1 month, 1 week ago

15 killed, 16 injured in twin Israeli airstrikes on Syria's capital and suburb

New Indian Express  

DAMASCUS: Israel carried out at least two airstrikes on a western neighbourhood of Damascus and one of the capital's suburbs on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding another 16, Syria's state news agency said. The Israeli military said it had hit infrastructure sites and command centres of the Islamic Jihad militant group in Syria and had "inflicted significant …

Israeli attack on town in Lebanon’s far north kills 14 people: Mayor
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli attack on town in Lebanon’s far north kills 14 people: Mayor

Al Jazeera  

Israeli missile destroys residence in far northern Lebanese town where refugees and displaced people had fled for safety At least 14 people have been reported killed and 15 others injured following an Israeli air strike on the town of Ain Yaaqoub in the far north of Lebanon. The Israeli missile that hit a building on Monday where 30 people were …

At least 40 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon, Lebanese officials say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

At least 40 killed as Israel pounds Lebanon, Lebanese officials say

Live Mint  

BEIRUT -Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon over the last day have killed at least 40 people including several children, Lebanese authorities said on Saturday, after heavy Israeli bombardment pounded the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut overnight. Strikes in nearby towns on Saturday killed 13 people, including seven medics from rescue groups affiliated to Hezbollah and its ally Amal, the health …

Iran Says 8 Jihadist Killed Days After 10 Policemen Died in Attack by Pak-Based Terror Group
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Iran Says 8 Jihadist Killed Days After 10 Policemen Died in Attack by Pak-Based Terror Group

Firstpost  

Iran's military has killed eight jihadists in an operation in the restive southeast since a deadly attack last month on a police station. The attack resulted in the deaths of 10 police officers and has escalated tensions between Iran and Pakistan, a region that has been a flashpoint for cross-border attacks by separatists and Sunni extremists.

Israeli airstrikes kill 3 Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon
2 months ago

Israeli airstrikes kill 3 Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon

China Daily  

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in Israeli airstrikes on S. Lebanon. The Israeli army targeted a vehicle in the central sector of the border area in southern Lebanon, leading to the death of three Lebanese soldiers. The Lebanese army responded by firing a direct rocket shell at the vehicle, resulting in the deaths of the soldiers.

Iran launches 200 missiles at Israel and at least six killed in suspected terror attack in Tel Aviv
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran launches 200 missiles at Israel and at least six killed in suspected terror attack in Tel Aviv

ABC  

At least six people have been killed and nine injured by two gunmen who got off a tram in Tel Aviv and opened fire on passers-by, according to Israeli police. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it had targeted areas in Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, local time, as part of a "precise strike". The Israeli army said air raid sirens …

Deadly Israeli attack on residential area in Beirut leaves carnage
3 months ago

Deadly Israeli attack on residential area in Beirut leaves carnage

Al Jazeera  

At least six people have been killed and 15 wounded in an Israeli air attack targeting Beirut’s southern suburb of Ghobeiri, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The Israeli military said it had “conducted a targeted strike” in the Lebanese capital on a senior Hezbollah commander, as it continues a massive bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of people …

Syria says Israeli strikes kill 18 people in a large-scale attack
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria says Israeli strikes kill 18 people in a large-scale attack

Associated Press  

MASYAF, Syria — The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 18 with dozens more wounded, Syria’s health minister said Monday — the largest death toll in such an attack since the beginning of the war in Gaza. Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking …

US military says 15 ISIL fighters killed in joint raid with Iraqi forces
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US military says 15 ISIL fighters killed in joint raid with Iraqi forces

Al Jazeera  

Seven US soldiers were injured; Iraq’s military says air strikes killed key members of the group. The United States military has said that 15 ISIL fighters were killed in a joint raid with Iraqi security forces in western Iraq. “All hideouts, weapons, and logistical support were destroyed, explosive belts were safely detonated and important documents, identification papers and communication devices …

At least 10 killed in Israeli attack on southern Lebanon
4 months, 1 week ago

At least 10 killed in Israeli attack on southern Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

An Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon has killed at least 10 people, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has said, as the Israeli military reported hitting a Hezbollah weapons storage facility. Israel’s military claimed on its Telegram channel that the air force had struck a weapons warehouse of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah overnight “in the area of Nabatieh”, located about …

Five pro-Iran fighters killed in drone strike in Eastern Syria
4 months, 1 week ago

Five pro-Iran fighters killed in drone strike in Eastern Syria

The Hindu  

Five Iran-backed fighters were killed on Sunday in a drone strike in Syria’s east, near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said, adding it was not clear yet who was behind the attack. In June, three pro-Iran fighters, including at least two Iraqis, were killed in an overnight air strike in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, the Observatory had …

Pro-government fighters attack areas of US-backed fighters in east Syria. 2 killed
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-government fighters attack areas of US-backed fighters in east Syria. 2 killed

Associated Press  

QAMISHLI, Syria — Violence surged in opposition-held areas of Syria on Wednesday as government-backed fighters killed at least two people in rare violence in the east, while a truck bomb exploded in the northern city of Azaz, killing nine people, the main U.S.-backed force in the war-torn country and an opposition war monitor said. Fighters backed by the Syrian government …

Suspected jihadist attack in Mali kills more than 20 civilians
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspected jihadist attack in Mali kills more than 20 civilians

The Hindu  

An attack blamed on jihadists in central Mali killed more than 20 civilians on July 1, two local officials said, in the latest killings in the troubled Sahel region. "At least 21 civilians have been killed" in the village of Djiguibombo, several dozen kilometres from the town of Bandiagara, an official from the provincial authority said on July 3, speaking …

Car bomb in the Syrian capital kills one. Drone strike near Lebanon border targets two vehicles
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Car bomb in the Syrian capital kills one. Drone strike near Lebanon border targets two vehicles

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A bomb attached to a car exploded early Saturday in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions, killing one person and causing material damage, state media reported. The attack at the time killed seven people including two Iranian generals and a member of Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah, and triggered a direct …

Car explosion kills at least one in Syria’s Damascus
7 months ago

Car explosion kills at least one in Syria’s Damascus

Al Jazeera  

The explosion comes as an Israeli drone attack reportedly targeted a car and a truck near Syria’s border with Lebanon. A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. Hours after the blast in Damascus, an Israeli drone attack reportedly targeted a car and a truck outside the western …

Syria’s Kurdish-led force hands over 2 IS militants suspected in 2014 mass killing of Iraqi troops
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Syria’s Kurdish-led force hands over 2 IS militants suspected in 2014 mass killing of Iraqi troops

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria’s U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force has handed over to Baghdad two Islamic State group militants suspected of involvement in mass killings of Iraqi soldiers in 2014, a war monitor said Friday. The report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights came a day after the Iraqi National Intelligence Service said it had brought back to the country three IS …

'Step aside so you won't get hurt': Iran to US as it readies attack on Israel for strike in Syria
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'Step aside so you won't get hurt': Iran to US as it readies attack on Israel for strike in Syria

India TV News  

Washington: The United States is on high alert and preparing for a possible retaliatory attack by Iran targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this week, according to a US official. The suspected Israeli attack in Damascus on Monday killed Iranian military commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi …

At least 11 killed in attack on Iran’s IRGC in border province: State media
8 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 11 killed in attack on Iran’s IRGC in border province: State media

Al Jazeera  

Several wounded in clashes in restive Sistan-Baluchestan province which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan. At least 11 Iranian security force members have been killed in an attack on an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters in the southeastern border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state media reported. In the ensuing overnight clashes with security forces, 16 members of Jaish al-Adl – a Sunni armed …

Guards among 8 reported killed in Israeli strike on Iran consular annex in Syria
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Guards among 8 reported killed in Israeli strike on Iran consular annex in Syria

The Hindu  

Israeli air strikes destroyed the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Syria on April 1, killing and wounding everyone inside, Damascus said as Iranian state TV reported a Revolutionary Guards commander among the dead. Iran's ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, giving a lower death toll, told Iranian state TV that "at least five people were killed in the attack which was …

Report: Iran commander killed after Israeli strike on embassy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Report: Iran commander killed after Israeli strike on embassy

Daily Mail  

Pictures show the building in Syria 's capital razed to the ground, with huge plumes of smoke rising from the site following the explosion this afternoon and emergency workers rushing to the scene. Syria's official news agency SANA said 'the Israeli attack targeted the Iranian consulate building in the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus'. 'Hossein Akbari, ambassador of the Islamic Republic …

'Israeli airstrike' destroys Iranian consulate in Syrian capital 'killing and injuring everyone inside': Revolutionary Guard military commander is among the dead
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Israeli airstrike' destroys Iranian consulate in Syrian capital 'killing and injuring everyone inside': Revolutionary Guard military commander is among the dead

Daily Mail  

A building next to Iran's embassy in Damascus has been destroyed in an airstrike, reportedly killing a senior commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and five others - with state media saying Israel was behind the attack. Syria's defence ministry said Israeli air strikes on Iran's consulate building in Damascus on Monday 'destroyed the entire building, killing and injuring everyone …

A car bomb in a Syrian opposition-held town kills at least 3 people, including 2 children
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A car bomb in a Syrian opposition-held town kills at least 3 people, including 2 children

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — A car bomb exploded in a busy market in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-based Syrian opposition fighters early Sunday, killing at least three people, rescue workers and a war monitor said. Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition war monitor, said at least eight people were killed and 23 wounded. Elsewhere, Syrian state …

Islamic State jihadists ‘execute’ eight Syrian soldiers after desert ambush
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Islamic State jihadists ‘execute’ eight Syrian soldiers after desert ambush

The Telegraph  

Meanwhile, a bomb exploded in a shopping area in a northern Syrian city held by pro-Turkish forces on Sunday, killing eight people and wounding more than 20. The Observatory said that “eight people were killed and 23 others wounded” when “a car bomb exploded in the middle of a popular market”. IS jihadists also killed six other soldiers this week …

Death toll in Israeli strikes on Syria climbs to 52, says monitor
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Death toll in Israeli strikes on Syria climbs to 52, says monitor

The Hindu  

The death toll in Israeli air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government soldiers and seven members of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, a war monitor said on March 30. Israeli strikes on targets in Syria have increased since Israel's war against the Hezbollah-allied Hamas group in the Gaza Strip broke out on October 7. The number of Syrian …

Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes on Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Israeli strikes hit missile depots for Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group in Aleppo’s southern suburb of Jibreen, near the Aleppo International Airport, and …

Israeli airstrikes in Syria reportedly kill 44 people
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli airstrikes in Syria reportedly kill 44 people

LA Times  

The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded “a number” of people and caused damage. The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded “a number” of people and caused damage. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Israeli strikes hit …

More than 40 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports
8 months, 3 weeks ago

More than 40 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports

Al Jazeera  

Attacks have escalated amid continuing war in Gaza and clashes with Hezbollah across Israel-Lebanon border. Israeli air strikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed more than 40 people, most of them soldiers, according to news agencies and a war monitor. Iran also said they were a “violation of Syria’s sovereignty” and “a serious threat to regional and international …

Airstrikes in Syria kill an Iranian adviser and a member of a World Health Organisation team
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Airstrikes in Syria kill an Iranian adviser and a member of a World Health Organisation team

Deccan Chronicle  

Beirut, Mar 26 A series of airstrikes in eastern Syria on Tuesday killed more than a dozen people, including an Iranian military adviser and a team member working for the World Health Organisation, officials and reports said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the strikes killed 15 people including an Iranian adviser with Iran's …

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year
9 months, 1 week ago

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

Associated Press  

AL-NAYRAB, Syria — For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. The protests — part of the Arab Spring popular uprisings that spread across much of the Middle East that year — were met …

IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
9 months, 2 weeks ago

IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria

Associated Press  

IDLIB, Syria — Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said that the attack Wednesday in Deir el-Zour left 18 people dead and 16 wounded. In Syria’s …

At least 18 villagers collecting truffles killed by militants in eastern Syria
9 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 18 villagers collecting truffles killed by militants in eastern Syria

LA Times  

Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said that the attack Wednesday in Deir el-Zour left 18 people dead and 16 wounded. In Syria’s Idlib province, the …

One person killed at anti-government protest in Syria’s Sweida province
9 months, 3 weeks ago

One person killed at anti-government protest in Syria’s Sweida province

Al Jazeera  

The 52-year-old becomes the first person to be killed by pro-government forces since the protests began in August. At least one person has died of gunshot wounds sustained in an anti-government protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the southern province of Sweida, according to local news outlets and monitoring groups. Suwayda24, a local news website run by citizen journalists, …

Two Hezbollah members killed in Israeli strike on Syria
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Two Hezbollah members killed in Israeli strike on Syria

The Hindu  

An Israeli strike on a truck in Syria near the Lebanese border killed two Hezbollah members at dawn on February 25, a war monitor said. The strike led to "the death of at least two Hezbollah members", said the Britain-based Observatory, which relies on a network of sources in Syria. Hezbollah later announced in separate statements that two of its …

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